#003: How To Write A Book In 7 Days [Podcast]

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1 Peter 2:9

Feature Story: How To Write A Book In 7 Days

If you really know your topic well, you could probably complete your first draft in a week. Here’s a simple plan for doing just that:

“Prep Day” – Day ZERO: Come up with your title. Something like “The Insider’s Secrets of Raising Chinchillas” (or whatever your topic is). Then write an outline of what you want to say about your topic: 7 main subjects (chapters) with 3 points about each chapter. Sample:

“The Insider’s Secrets of Raising Chinchillas”

Chapter 1: Why Raising Chinchillas Is A Great Business

1. The facts about the Chinchilla business

2. What other Chinchilla ranchers have to say about it

3. My personal Chinchilla story

...and so on, for 7 “Chapters”. Then, you keep going...

Day 1: Record yourself just talking through your outline of Chapters 1 & 2.

Day 2: Record yourself just talking through Chapters 3 & 4.

Day 3: Record yourself just talking through Chapters 5&6.

Day 4: Record yourself just talking through Chapter 7 ... and a short talk on “About this book” that will serve as the book’s “Introduction” (It’s best to do this after you have finished dictation of the whole book. You’ll have a better idea what to say.)

Day 5: Send off your audios for transcription. Use someone who will “clean up” all your stumbles and false starts, etc.

Day 6: Do nothing. Day 7: Receive your transcriptions back. You now have a first draft of your book.

Now get busy and write that book, willya?

LISTENER QUESTIONS

I answered question from listener Ted from California on how to get started.

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Links to resources I mentioned in the show:

• Dragon Dictate software
• Success Transcripts
• Writing Riches book

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